Hyman SE. How mice cope with stressful social situations. Cell. 2007 Oct 19; 131(2):232-4.

Citation

Hyman SE. 2007. How mice cope with stressful social situations. Cell. 131(2):232-4. Pubmed: 17956724

Abstract

Individuals differ greatly in their psychological responses to chronic stress. As a step toward understanding the neural basis for these individual differences, Krishnan et al. (2007) reveal molecular changes in the brain's reward circuits that make some mice resistant to the effects of social defeat.

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Steven Hyman, M.D.

Hyman Research

Steven Hyman is Director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute and Chair of the Schizophrenia Spectrum Biomarkers Consortium (SSBC), a consortium identifying objective biomarkers to enable better diagnosis of and treatment for schizophrenia and related illnesses.